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“I signed with the UFC! I’m very excited to be a part of the UFC and test my skills with the crème de la crème of MMA. I wanna thank the UFC and Dana White for this opportunity. I will shake up the welterweight division! Also special thanks to my team Golden Glory!” The reigning Shooto...

Former UFC middleweights Kendall Grove and Jay Silva have been slotted to face off at theScore Fighting Series on Oct. 14 at the Hamilton Place Theatre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Kendall Grove (13-9) had hit a very rough patch in his career but was able to snap a two-fight losing streak by choking out Joe...

The UFC held the pre-fight media conference call for UFC 136 today and as always, BJPENN.COM took part. Featured on the call was Dominick Cruz, Demetrius Johnson, Kenny Florian, Jose Aldo, Chael Sonnen and Brian Stann

The UFC 135 fighter weigh-ins takes place today from the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C. I special Q&A session with Mark Munoz begins two-hour prior at 2p.m. ET. We will be broadcasting the event live today in the player below.

“I beat Edgar when we fought in 2008 as contenders on the way up, and I beat him even worse on New Year’s Day for the belt, only for the judges to give it a draw. I’ve beat him twice and I still have to prove something against this guy?” “I still don’t like talking...

Joe Antonacci, creator of “Joe Palooka” and its sister series, “Legion of Combat,” is extremely proud to announce that Team Palooka and Authentic Sports Management (ASM) have agreed to feature the respected fight team known as the “Blackzilians” in upcoming issues of both comic book series. “I’m excited to have fighters the caliber of the...

The world’s largest MMA promotion just refuses to stop growing and coming up with new ideas that will garner the most views it possibly can. This time UFC president Dana White announced that the promotion is planning on hosting two fight cards on the same day, on opposite sides of the globe. White spoke with...

D&E Entertainment announced today that they have acquired the feature film, The Hammer (previously titled,Hamill), for theatrical distribution. On October 27 the film will be released theatrically nationwide. Additionally, ARC Entertainment will be heading VOD/DVD/BluRay distribution and Archstone Distribution will be heading international distribution of the film. TapouT and Purple Communications have joined as marketing...

Just one week after his older brother faces Nick Diaz at UFC 137; Reagan Penn will enter the cage in his second professional Mixed Martial Arts contest. ProElite II is set to go down November 5th from the iWireless Center in Moline Illinois. Five-time Champ Tim Sylvia will meet Pedro Rizzo in the evening’s main...

The ratings for the second installment of “The Ultimate Fighter 14” where released by Spike TV officials today and they are up from the seasons debut episode. Last Night’s show garnered a 1.22 household rating and averaged 1.6 million viewers that is up from last week’s debut which averaged 1.5 million. The 14th season of...

“I hate fighting people who are scared. When you fight somebody who is scared you never know what they’re going to do. They turn and run, that’s why I’m gonna go to boxing. I’m gonna try boxing because they’ve got to stand with you. If I get knocked out I don’t care because at least...

On this week’s episode of “The Ultimate Show,” host Kenda Perez provides fight fans with the ultimate coverage on all the latest news and analysis of what’s going on with the UFC. This past Saturday’s UFC 135: “Jones vs. Rampage” is recapped, and TUS is on the scene to show the fans what happened at...

Bellator Fighting Championship has decided to put up their welterweight title up for grabs on the same exact night that the UFC is putting up theirs, October 29. In one of the most high profile Bellator fights to date, champion Ben Askren will look to defend his title against recent tournament winner Jay Hieron at...

“Yeah yeah, we’ve been going for a while here. And every time he talks to me, he says he feels like a million bucks too. You know, he’s a big, stong, athletic dude, and he feels like he’s over the diverticulitis completely. I mean, he feels like his old self, before had the bout with...

Bellator Fighting Championships announced today that the promotion will once again travel north of the border to Casino Rama in Ontario for Bellator 57 on November 12. The night will feature the finals of Bellator’s Season 5 Welterweight Tournament, with the winner earning $100,000 and a guaranteed shot at the Bellator Welterweight Title. Bellator 57...

According to reports UFC light-heavyweight fighter, Luiz Cane has sought the tutelage of famed nutritionist Mike Dolce to help him prepare his body for a cut to the UFC’s middleweight division. After entering the UFC and taking out his first three opponents with decisive victories, the Brazilian went on to win just one of his...

With several fights being booked over the past few weeks it appears as if the UFC 139 pay-per-view portion of the card is set and final. UFC 139 is set to take place on November 19th at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. With the original heavyweight title fight headliner between champ Cain Velasquez...

“If I didn’t have a family, then I would go to the UFC right now. However, I have a family. MMA in Japan is a complicated situation. It’s not in my control.” … “Yes, I will fight [Eddie Alvarez] next year. I am looking forward to it.” Japanese superstar Shinya Aoki recently had a chat...

“I went in to give my drug test, right? And a week later they called me and said they lost my urine specimen and I had to come in and re-do it. That was last week. Like, I went back in that day and today they said I failed. And I said ‘uh, that’s impossible.’...

The UFC will be holding the UFC on Versus 6 pre-fight press conference today at 1 p.m. ET to promote this weekend’s UFC on Versus 6 card featuring a bantamweight title fight between champion Dominick Cruz and “Mighty Mouse” Johnson. Dana White and fighters from the evenings main card are expected to be in attendance....

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